Lumen Autumn 2017 - Flipbook - Page 5
Welcome to our
Autumn edition of Lumen
In this edition we say farewell to Professor Warren Bebbington, who has
retired after 昀椀ve years as our Vice-Chancellor and President. On behalf of
the University community, I would like to thank him for his outstanding
leadership and vision, and wish him all the best for the next chapter.
I
would also like to extend my
appreciation and best wishes to the
outgoing members of the University’s
Alumni Council – to Dr Tim Cooper
AM, in particular, who has served as
the Council’s inaugural Chair since
its inception in 2014 and to our other
members, Mr Jim Whalley, Mr David
Wong, Mr John Hancock and Ms Louisa
Rose, who recently completed their term
of service. My congratulations go to Dr
Chelsea Liu and Mr Dale Manson who
have been successfully re-elected by the
Faculty of the Professions, and the Waite
and Roseworthy Alumni (respectively) for
another term and to Mr Jarrad Taylor on
his first time election as alumni repetitive
for the Faculty of Sciences.
In this bumper edition of Lumen we give
you a look inside our new $246 million
Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences
building – the biggest capital works project
in the University’s history, bringing our
students and researchers into the heart
of South Australia’s Biomedical precinct
in the West End.
We also have features on some of our
key strategic initiatives: defence, food
innovation and entrepreneurship.
You will meet Professor Michael Webb,
our Director of Defence and Security,
who is bringing together our world class
researchers’ work in partnership with
defence and industry to develop innovative
technologies to help give our Australian
Defence Force a real edge.
You will also meet Professor Andy
Lowe, who has a similar role in the
Food Innovation area, bringing together
hundreds of researchers across the
faculties to help make our food and wine
industries more innovative and competitive.
And on our cover, you’ve seen
Professor Noel Lindsay, who’s heading
up our new ThincLab Adelaide Innovation
Hub. This new initiative on our North
Terrace campus will foster partnerships
and innovation, to help nurture start-ups
and take ideas to commercialisation.
You can also read about some of our
most entrepreneurial alumni, Drs Don
and Michelle Perugini, who are using their
passion and expertise to help start-ups.
Above: Professor Mike Brooks
Photo by Andy Steven
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